The top of this elegant worktable was meant to be used as a guéridon, to support a candelstick offering light when the owner, most likely an aristocratic woman, was working on her needlepoint or sewing at night.

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Glazed on back of plaque and painted in gold: interlaced L's enclosing GG with letter V below [Sèvres factory mark with date-letters for 1784]